Where your money goes

As a charity, we depend on people like you to help us meet the cost of saving lives at sea. Our volunteer lifeboat crew members give their time for free, but they need training, well-maintained equipment, lifeboats and shore facilities. Your support means our crews can save lives quickly, safely and effectively.

It cost £176.5M to run our lifesaving service in 2017

Giving our lifesavers everything they need and deserve – from boots to boats – is costly. There are 238 lifeboat stations around the UK and Ireland, and our lifeguards patrol over 249 beaches each summer.

In 2017, we completed 12 building projects and added 4 new renewable energy installations.

RNLI solar panels, heat pumps and a wind turbine generated a saving of around £145,953.

The All-weather Lifeboat Centre is an investment in lifesaving for generations to come and craft that will be built and maintained in this centre will bring our lifeboat crews home safely from the sea, back to their loved ones.

Paul Boissier

RNLI Chief Executive

Making your generosity work harder

As a charity, we know how much effort and thought goes in to raising every pound or euro which comes our way. So we’re committed to using funds in the most efficient ways possible.